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Fun Resources for Purim
February 23, 2021 by Temple Sinai • Continuing Education, Purim, Rabbi's Blog, Video of the Week •
2 Ways of Chanting the Megillah Can This Royal Marriage Survive? A Funny Video from Temple Israel in W. Bloomfield, Michigan The Maccabeats Young Children’s Videos about Purim For the Adults
Chanted Megillah Babylonia-Jerusalem Nusach
February 23, 2021 by Temple Sinai • Purim, Video of the Week •
Megillat Esther- Sephardic trope – Audio The whole Megillah in the Babylonian Jerusalem tradition.
Chanted Megillah Ashkenazi Nusach
February 23, 2021 by Temple Sinai • Video of the Week •
Chanted Megillah Ashkenazi Nusach Reading of the entire Book Of Esther Megillat Esther in Hebrew by Rabbi Dr. Moshe P. Weisblum, PhD
Young Families Theater Group Rises from the Pandemic
February 8, 2021 by Young Families • Young Families •
Can anything good come out of the pandemic? At Temple Sinai, the answer is yes. We’ve started a theater group, presenting online plays for our Young Families Programs! Our Hanukkah production, Hersheliya & the Hanukkah Goblins, was a big hit, now we’re gearing up for our silly, wacky, totally outrageous Purimspiel. The plays engage every […]
Sermon: Parashat Yitro 2021 – Why Do You Act Alone?
February 7, 2021 by Temple Sinai • Rabbi's Blog, Sermons •
This week’s portion finds us at the foot of Mount Sinai, where God descends as a cloud upon the mountain and reveals his glory and law to Moses. It is not surprising, then, that this portion contains what might be the most sublime mystical lines in the entire Torah, “Moses listened to his father-in-law and did everything he said.”
Welcome to the Young Families Blog!
February 7, 2021 by Young Families • Young Families •
At Temple Sinai, we walk the talk–lador vador– Young Families Matter at Temple Sinai! In the words of our rabbi, David Edleson– “Nothing is more important to the future of the American Jewish community than giving our youngest ones joyful, positive, and engaging experiences with our tradition. In our Young Families programs, we turn the […]
Chava Miriel – Come (URJ Biennial 2019)
January 28, 2021 by Temple Sinai • Video of the Week •
Chava Mirel sings her original song, “Come”, at the URJ Biennial 2019 in Chicago IL. Lyrics by Stacey Zisook Robinson.
Rabbi’s Weekly Email – January 28, 2021
January 28, 2021 by Temple Sinai • Rabbi's Blog •
Hello Temple Sinai,
(Note: we are making some changes to our newsletters and weekly emails; scroll down for info.)
HAPPY TU BISHVAT! In Jewish tradition, it’s the new year for trees. This was originally because of the rule in Leviticus that one doesn’t consume the fruit of a tree for the first three years, and the fruit of the fourth year was donated to the Temple…
Also in this email:
– Tu bShvat Seder and Havdalah
– International Holocaust Remembrance Day
– Encore Class – Jewish Way of Death and Mourning
– Changes to newsletter and weekly email
– Blessings for getting the COVID vaccine
Sermon: Parashat Bo
January 22, 2021 by Temple Sinai • Rabbi's Blog, Sermons •
A DARKNESS THAT CAN BE TOUCHED
In this week’s Torah Portion, Bo, we hear of the final two plagues brought against Pharaoh, plagues that lead in this portion to the first Passover and the beginning of the Exodus.
The ninth plague is darkness. After rivers of blood, locusts, hail, dead frog soup, and boils, darkness doesn’t seem all that bad. Yet it is the plague just before the death of the first born, and so was a plague that seen as the most severe possible other than massive death.
HELP LEAD Young Families Seder!
March 5, 2021 by Young Families • Passover, Religious School, Young Families •
The whole congregation is invited to help lead the Young Families seder! Who may lead? ANYONE! Kids! Parents! Uncles, Aunts, Friends, Grandparents! The more the merrier! The more people in a household participating together = more fun for everyone! (Temple Sinai membership not required) Sunday, March 28, 2021, 4-5 PM ZOOM meeting # : 854 […]